In the glass
Aroma: black cherry, violet, leather, sweet spice
Palate: dark cherry, dark plum, tobacco, soft leather
The Cesani family's Toscana IGT red. Sangiovese-led with Merlot weight, organic Pancole fruit, tonneaux ageing for soft tannin and savoury depth.
What it pairs with
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Bistecca alla fiorentina
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Marbling and char meet the wine's medium tannin and red-cherry lift. -
Wild boar pappardelle
Game ragu and Sangiovese acid is a Tuscan classic; Merlot fills out the back palate. -
Aged pecorino with chestnut honey
Pecorino salt sharpens the cherry; chestnut honey echoes the sweet-spice register.
History
Luenzo entered the Cesani range in the early 2000s as the family's Toscana IGT red counterpart to the Vernaccia. Drawn from the spiritually significant Luenzo parcel, the wine is the estate's main red ambassador.
- 2003 — First Cesani Luenzo vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Azienda Agricola Cesani
- Grapes
- Sangiovese (70%), Merlot (30%)
- Classification
- Toscana IGT
- Oak
- Around 18 months in French oak tonneaux, partly new
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 25 to 40 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3 to 12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2003
Scores
- Vinous 90 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)